very well said @Srini...it stopped me in my daily routine while I read it a few times. I didn't even have a question, but it answered something else.
On Thu, Feb 20, 2020 at 10:16 AM Srini RamaKrishnan <[email protected]> wrote: > On Thu, Feb 20, 2020, 9:20 AM Udhay Shankar N <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On Thu, Feb 20, 2020, 08:24 Venkatesh H R <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > A recent learning of mine is to keep asking questions until I get the > > right > > > question through which to frame the problem at hand. So questions. > > > > > > > As a parent of a former 2 year old, I can confirm that it only takes 5-7 > > iterations of "why?" (starting from ANYWHERE) to get to "how did the > > universe begin?" > > > > I don't know if it's one of those internet laws with the name of someone > who's often otherwise unknown, but an observation I've heard goes like > this. > > On Wikipedia if you click the first link on any subject page and keep > repeating, then eventually you'll land on the Wikipedia page for > philosophy. > > Apropos internet laws, they no longer seem to get named, at least not since > the anonymous meme economy made putting a name to anything on the internet > dox-worthy. > > Questions and answers are subjective. You only ask the questions you decide > deserve an answer, and you only take from the answer what your > consciousness allows, allowing for unintended consequences of interesting > interpretations that never occurred to you. > > What you leave unasked and unanswered is always grater than any collection > of q&a. > > This is also how the Indian Gods always pull one over the boon seeker. The > monkey's paw. > > I think it's better to leave collecting to the chipmunks. The intellect is > only capable of taking in a small sampling of reality. Going beyond, > transcending the mind will remove the need to ask questions or seek answers > or collect them. > > This is also how fundamental questions like why are we here are answered... > The question simply vanishes because you're no longer an observer, separate > from the observed and the observation. You're all in one. Your > consciousness merges back into everything, i.e. union or Yoga. > > Yogas chitta vritti niroda ha - in the union there is a cessation of the > mind. > > Also, GATE GATE PARA GATE PARASAM GATE BODHI SVAHA - transcending, > transcending, ultimately transcending, wisdom dawns. > > > > -- *Kavita Jhunjhunwala* *Digital Lead & Founder* *Avocado Tree Digital Pte Ltd * *www.avocadotreedigital.com <http://www.avocadotreedigital.com> * Facebook <https://www.facebook.com/avocadotreedigital> LinkedIn <https://www.linkedin.com/company/16185428/> *SG: +65 8499 7403 * *IND:+91 99868 77769 *
